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STORM LAKE – NIACC’s Hannah Palmeter set another school record on Saturday at the NJCAA Region XI meet on the Buena Vista campus. The sophomore won the mile run in a school
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa wrestling team blew by Chattanooga with a 44-3 win Saturday in the quarterfinals of the EAS/NWCA National Duals. The Hawkeyes tallied five pins during the
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who submitted a fraudulent insurance claim after deliberately setting fire to his vacant home pled guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids. James Marvin Plower, age 50,
MASON CITY – A Mason City man was jailed on a charge of drunk driving after he struck a parked vehicle on a residential street Friday evening. Police were called to the
DES MOINES – McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, will get more assistance from Iowa taxpayers to begin operating in Clear Lake. The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board on Friday awarded
WASHINGTON — A La Vista, Nebraska, woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in Omaha to serve 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release
WASHINGTON – Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota announced today the indictment of Hamza Naj Ahmed, 19, for
DES MOINES – Lisa Digman is the new STEM Director at Northeast Iowa Community College. She attended STEM Day at the Capitol to update legislators on efforts to make Iowa a STEM
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 21, 2015 – U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria, using bomber aircraft to conduct an airstrike, Combined
By Lisa Ferdinando, DoD News – KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands, Feb. 21, 2015 – Regional governments must take the lead in solving the “very complex threat” posed by the Islamic State of
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis police officer was standing next to his squad car after investigating a burglary call when he was shot by an unknown shooter. Two Minneapolis Police Officers had just
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The University of Northern Iowa track and field team wrapped up the UNI-Dome open today, coming away with top-performances across the board. Jamie Lindstrom opened the meet with
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – UNI took down its first top-25 team of the season with an 18-16 win over No. 21 Old Dominion on Senior Night. The win over the second-ranked MAC
DES MOINES – A man was found dead in a Des Moines street Saturday morning. According to Des Moines police, at 2:04 AM this morning, the Des Moines Police Communications Center received
MADISON COUNTY, IOWA – Two people are dead and two injured in a one-vehicle accident Saturday. The driver of a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 24-year-old Austin Ayers of Casey, Iowa, failed to
CLARION, IOWA – A Wright county sheriff deputy’s patrol car was struck by another driver Thursday morning in a traffic accident. Anthony Pieczko, a Wright County Sheriff’s deputy, was responding to a